Valve-stem-fitting device



C. D. STROMGREN.

VALVE STEM FITTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED DEc.7,1921.

1,435,428. PatentedN0v..14,1922.

INT/ENTOR: CHARLES D. STROMGREN,

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

PATENT YFFECE.

CHARLES D. STROMGREN, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

vALvE-sTEM-FITTING DEVICE.

Application med December 7, 1921. 'serial No. 520,606.

To aZZ'w/tom t may concern Be itknown that I, CHARLES D. STnoM- GREN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented a new and useful Valve-Stem-Fitting Device, of which the following is a specification. i

My invention relates to the assembling and-fitting of internal combustion engines, being more particularly a device or fixture for sizing and fitting valve stems for such engines.

lt is essential to the efficientoperation of the internal combustion engine that the valve stems should be of exactly proper length, otherwise the valves fail to seat properly and a noisy valve action results.

In most of the common types of engines, provision'is made for adjustment between the valve stem and push rod, but in the Ford type of automobile no such provision is made which emphasizes the need of f proper tting of the valves and nicety of sizing the length of the valve stem.

The common way of fitting valves in Ford type engines is to cut and try the valve in the engine, it frequently happening that in iling the end of the valve stem too much metal is removed and the valve stem is too short, which defect cannot be remedied unless a new valve stem is substituted.

` 'It is the object of my inventionto provide a fitting atttachment by means of which valve stems may be accurately sized and the end of the stem properly squared. This lis accomplished by using a gaugingy device which measures the proper length ot' valve stem, by placing such device in the engine in place of the valve. This gauging device is then placed in a template which is adjustedvto the exact length of the gauging device, the gaufing device then being removed and the valave-to be fitted placed in ifzlliedtemplate and the end of the valve stem Referring to the drawings which are for illustrative purposes only,

Fig. 1 is a side view ofa device embodying a form of my invention, the parts being in the assembled position when not in use.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of a partl of an internal combustion engine showing the gauging member in place to determine proper length of valve stem.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the gauging member. l

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the template member showing the gauging member therein as used for setting the template.

Fig. 5 is a view of the template member,

similar to Fig. 4, showing the valve in place for the fitting operation.

` Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the barrel forming part of the template member, and

plan view as shown in Fig. 1 and the rod 17 turneduntil the valve, being seated, the lower end of the rod 17 rests upon the upper end of the push rod 16. When so adjusted` the valvemay be set on the rod by' means of a rlhe valve member 12 lock nut 20 shown in Fig. 3. rIlhis operation gives the exact distance from the valve seat to the upper' end of the push'rod and the gauging device is placed in the template 22, as hereinafter described.

The template device consists of a barrel 23 having a head 24 formed thereon, such head being exterior-ly threaded to receive a cap 25 and having a circular recess 26 which terminates at its outer end in a valve seat 27.

The lower end of the barrel is exteriorly threaded to receive, a thimble 30, the lower end of which is shaped to form a nut 31 having a central opening 32 to receive the valve stem, such opening being fial'ed as shown at 33 to guide the valve stem into the opening 32. The thimble is tapered inwardly to an edge 35 marked with a scale 36 which registers with a line or mark 37 on the barrel 23. Preferably by using twentyr threads to the inch on the barrel and dividing the scale 36 into fifty parts, readings of a thousandth of an inch may be readily made. To provide an unbrokenand distinct edge at thev reading line of the thimble, a few of the threads on the thimble lare strip )ed as shown at 38.

A ter taking the measurement of the valve, as heretofore described, the gauging device is placed in the template as shown in Fig. 4 and the thimble 30 turned on the barrel until the lower end of the rod 17 1s fiush with the face of the nut 31. The thimble is then operated to shorten the valve stem length approximately two thousandths of an inch which is ascertained by reading the scale 36, and the parts of the template set by means of aset screw 39.

The gauging device is then removed and the` valve 40 tobe fitted is placed in the template as shown in lig. 5, the valve 40 belng seated on the seat 27, the valve stem 41 extends through the central bore 4:2'. of the barrel and through the opening 32 1n the thimble. The valve is held in the templatedevice by means of the cap 25 which has an enlargement or boss 45 which engages the top ot the valve. 'llhe end ot' the valve stem di., which extends beyond the thimble, is then filed of iush with the face of the thimble thereby providing a valve of proper valve stem length to fit the engine from which measurement was taken by the gauging device. The fiat face of' the nut on the thimble forms a working facev for the file used, resulting in a squared end on the finished valve stem. The finished valve is removed from the template by removing the cap 25.

When not 1n use, the gauging device may be placed in the template, as shown in Fig. l, and the cap placed on the barrel with the rod of the gauging device extending through a central opening 47 in the cap.

l claim as my invention:

l. A valve stem fitting fixture comprlsing: gauging means for determining the valve stem length; template means adjustable to conform to the Valve stem length determined by said gauging means; and means for retaining the valve stem in said template means during the operation of sizing the valve stem.

2. A valve stem fitting xture comprising: gauging means for determining the valve stem length, said gauging means consisting of a rod and an adjustable valve threaded on saidrod the distance between said adjustable valve and one end of the rod determining the valve stem length; template means adjustable to conform to the valve stem length determined by said gauging means; and means for retaining a valve therein during the operation of sizing the valve stem. 3. A valve stem fitting fixture comprising: gauging means for determining the valve stem length, said gauging means consisting of a rod and an adjustable valve threaded on said rod the distance between said adjust-able valve and one end of the rod determining the valve stem length; template means adjustable to conform to the valve stem length determined by said gauging means, said template means having a seat i ,cesena therein to receive the valve on said gauging means, and an opening therein to receive the rod; and means for retaining a valve in said template means during the operation of sizing the valve stem.

4- A valve stem fitting fixture comprising: gauging means for determining the' valve stem length, said gauging means consisting of a rod and a valve threaded on said rod the distance between said adjustable valve and one end of the rod determining the valvel stem length; template means adjustable to conform to the valve g stem length determined by the'v gaugin means, said tem late means consisting o a barrel, a thim le threaded on'the lowery and one end of the rod determining the valve stem length; template means adjustable to conform to the valve stem length determined by the gauging means, said template means consisting of a barrel, a head formedon the upper end of said barrel, a valve seat formed in said head, said barrel having a bore to receive a valve stem, a thimble threaded on the lower end of said barrel, said thimble having an opening therethrough to receive a valve stem, a scale on Isaid thimble registering with marking on said barrel, and a cap threaded on said head arranged to engage a valve seated in said head.

6. A valve stem fitting fixture comprising: gauging means for determining the valve stem length, said gauging means consisting of a rod and a valve threaded on said rod the distance between said adjustable valve and one end of the rod determining the valve stem length; template means adjustable to conform to the valve stem length determined by the gauging means, said template means consisting of a barrel, a head formed on the upper end of said barrel, a valve seat formed in said head, said barrel having a bore to receive a valve stem, a

thimble threaded on the lower end of said barrel, said thimble having an openin therethrough to receive a valvestem, an means for retaining a valve on said valve seat.

7. A valve stem fitting fixture comprising: gauging means for determining the valve stem length, said gauging means consistin of a rod and a valve threaded on said ro the distance between said adjustable valve and one end of the rod determinin the valve stem length; template means a justable to conform to the valve stem length barrel, said thimhle having an opening determined by the gauging means, said temtherethrough to receive a valve stem.

plate means consisting of a barrel, a head In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 10 formed on the upper end of said barrel, a set my hand at Los Angeles, California, valve seat formed in said head, said barrel this .1st day of December, 1921. v having a bore to receive a, valve stem, andl i a thimble threaded on the lower end of said CHARLES D. STROMGREN. 

